Fastening device



Nov. 13, 1928. 1,691,453 L. ALTERsoN 4 FASTENING DEVICE Filed Feb. 28, 1928 lNvEN'roR [auw YZerJon, JV

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muren STATES Louis AL'rEnsoN, or NEW YORK, N.-Y.

FASTENING DEVICE.

Application led February 28, 1928, Serial No. 257,578.

This invention relates tov an improvement in fastening devices in the form oit clasps or buckles and has for its object to provide an article of this character' particularly intended for use upon shoes, belts, wrist Watches or the like.

rhe primary object et my invention is to provide such a device unich shall be extremely simple in construction, which shall by reason of such simple construction be unlikely to break. f

A Jfurther object of the invention is to pro-r vide a fastening device the character mentionedl which is so constructed that it renders constant adjustment of the straps or bands to Which it is attached unnecessary. It is Well known that in shoe buckles, shoe clasps and thelike in use at the present time, thestraps or bands to which said buckles are attached, rapidly become Worn by reason of the tact that such straps have to-be drawn through the buckle each time that theshoe is `fastened or uni'astened. The same is true of belt buckles or clasps and many other fastening devices.

An object of my invention therefore,is to provide a clasp in which the securing straps need be adjusted but once and this adj ustmentr does not need to be disturbed While opening or closing the clasp. This avoids Wear and tear on the straps and naturally maintains the new appearance or" the article on which the clasp is used. n

, With these objects and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, in view, I have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed eut in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof in which Figure 1 is plan view of my improved fastening device showing the manner in which it appears when attached to securing straps ot a shoe or other article;

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 et Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; c

Figure 8 is a. plan view of the stud member of the fastening device; and

Figure t is a plan view of the socket or female member of the clasp; and

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the two partsof the clasp united, with a portion ofthe female member broken away to disclose the binding effect of the same on the stud When inclination of one ot the members relative to the other takes place. Y

Throughout the various views ofthe drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts. Y A In the preferred embodiment of my invention, 1 indicates the male or stud member of the device. Thisconsists ot' alat tion or" metal Which is slightly arched longi.d tudinally to tit the curvature of the article about which the straps to whichv the clasp is .fitted are adapt-ed tosurround. I The member 1 is slotted as at 2 and 3 to provide an intermediate transverse bar i and an end bar One of the securing straps is shown at 6 and it will be seen that thesa'me is passed through the slot 3 and it then extends over the bar 4t andv passes out through the slot 2 and in back of the bar 5. This looped arrangement o the strap holds it securely yet permits it to be adjusted as desired to hold its position relative to the member 1.

Adjacent to the outer rounded end 7 of the member 1 is provided a projecting stud 8. This stud is of uniform diameter having substantially straight sides 9 and a. rounded or domed top 10. The stud may be secured to the plate in any desired Way and it is preferably rigidly affixed thereto by riveting the same as at 11. At 12 is shownthe socket member which is similar in general outline to the member 1 and is provided With the slots 2 and 3 through Which a strap 7 is looped and which passes over the bars 4 and 5 in the manner previously described With respect to the stud member 1.

Adjacent to its 'outer rounded end 13, the member l has an offset or pressed out portion 14 which is provided with an opening 15. This opening 15 is of such a size that it very snugly fits vover the stud 8. The lit of the wo parts 8 and 15 is such that a snap action is neither secured `nor desired. It is such however, that when there is the slightest inclination of either of the elements 1 or 12 sec-- With respect to one another, the edges 16 and 17 of the opening 15 will bind against the sides 9 of the stud 8 as is indicated in Figure 5, preventing a disengagement of one part of the device from the other.

From the foregoing, the operation of my improved securing device Will be readily understood. Assuming for the purposes of illustration, that the device is to be fitted to a shoe. VIn such a case, the straps 6 and 7 will represent those straps on a shoe that pass over the instep. These straps 6 and 7 are adjusted through the respective parts 1 and 12 in the manner previously described so thatthe saine may be drawn snugly over the instep to enable the parts 1 and 12 to be overlapped and the stud 8 to be projected through the opening 15. rlhe normal pressure of the instep against the straps Will tend to slightly incline the parts 1 and 12 relative to one another as is disclosedl in Figure 5 so that the binding action ot the edges 16 and 17 of the opening 15 against the sides 9 oi" the stud 8 is secured. |Thus, the parts 1 and 12 are held securely engaged until it is desired to separate them., When the parts are drawn together in such a Way by hand as to permit the part 12 to be drawn from over the stud 8.

It Will Vbe seen froni the foregoing, that I have vprovided the interenggageinent of the tivo parts of the clasp in such a way that the use of springs or other ineans for securing,v a snap action is dispensed with. Thus, iny ini'- proved device is 1-endereclextre1nely siinple in construction yet highly eiiective in both operation and appearance. It Will also be seen that a constant drawing of the straps Leenass through the parts oi the device is avoided so that Wear and tear on these straps lcannot beV caused. l

Having described iny invention, what I claim is i 1. A 'fastening devicecoinposed of a pair of'interengaging plates, one. of` said plates having a projectingl stud inenober of substantial height, the'othcr plate having an aperture adapted toclosely iit about said stud ineinber and maintain the tivo plates in their overlapped position by inclination voiione of the plates with Vrespect to the other.-

2. A- iiastening device composed oit a pair of overlapping plate members, a stud projecting frein the face of one ot said ineinbers, an aperture in the other plate inernber adaptec Y to fit over the stud Vwhen the plates'- areV in their overlapped relationship, `the tit between the stud and aperture being' such that a bind'- inO effect by the edge of the aperture on the side ot the stud is secured byV inclination of one plate with regard to the otherv Signed at the city, county and State'oiV New York, this 27th day of February, 17928. j

LOUIS ALTERSONL; 

